Brooklyn comic’s death makes 2023 second-deadliest year for NYC cyclists

NEW YORK — A Brooklyn e-bike crash last week that killed standup comic Kenny DeForest put New York City over a grim milestone by making2023 the second-deadliest year on record for cyclists — when e-bikes are counted along with human-powered bikes. Cops said Friday that DeForest — who performed on the “Late Late Show With James Corden” and “Late Night With Seth Meyers” — was riding a Citi Bike e-bike the morning of Dec. 8 when he collided with a parked car at the intersection of Rogers Ave. and St. Marks Ave. in Crown Heights. DeForest was transported to Kings County Hospital in critical condit...